Mushrooms offer graduate soft landing after fruitless job search

Glady Waima harvesting mushroom in Lurambi in Kakamega County. She is a graduate who missed an opportunity of getting a job and decided to venture into mushroom farming that has changed her fortunes. (PHOTO: BENJAMIN SAKWA/ STANDARD)

After failing to secure a job when she completed her undergraduate studies at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Gladys Waima has found solace in mushroom farming.

“I started growing mushrooms in 2010 before I joined the university to study social work. Mushrooms helped me pay my university fees. When my efforts to get a job failed after my graduation, I decided to concentrate my efforts on growing the venture,” says Waima.